Taco Friday

Today we had tacos for lunch and I made the tortillas from a recipe I found on the internet. Last year we had tacos a couple times a month, but we haven't been able to buy taco shells at Metro (which was the only place that had them) since spring. We had tried the thinner but similiar turkish-style that is used for lavash, but it breaks when you try eating them. They were tasty- tortillas just like ones from the store! Except fresher, it was so good to have real tacos that you could fill, roll and eat without them falling apart. I have resorted to making a number of things from internet recipes- things that are not found here- I make bagels often, and have made donuts, and even soft pretzels.

Maxim missed lunch as he was milking, but he was very happy to go pick up Yana from the train station afterwards- no milking for Max tonight! Garry and Maxim got two more loads of hay before lunch/milking and then Garry picked up one more load after enjoying his tacos. Garry had to get the boys to give him a hand looking for his pitchforks before lunch- he dumped the load of hay with them in the top of the load. Luckily they found them - a little easier than needles in a haystack! Garry picked up scoops of hay with the loader and the boys looked- they even got both forks back unbroken (and the tractor tires were safe too.) Two more loads in the morning and then the barn will be full, the last loads have been first cut hay as the second cut alfalfa is all gone, the first cut is not as nice.

I have sad news to report today- one of the puppies died today- fluffy little Marco. Last night I thought she was better after having been sick the night before- she was throwing up and had bloody diarrhea. I was expecting her to be ready to eat this morning, but she was down and trembling. She was a real cutie, lots of personality, that's her on Wednesday in the photo. The boys say that she had eaten part of a dead bird outside when they were out with the puppies the other day, we are thinking it could have been poisoned. Her brother Polo is fine, gobbling down the puppy chow. So hopefully nothing happens to him- it seems that us and Ukrainian puppies don't work out well for the little guys.